Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society
2009 PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
Three Categories: bird, nature, scenic
$50 David Nolan Prize for Best in Show
Four additional prizes in each category
1st prize: $40 Bordino’s gift card
2nd prize: $25 Bedford’s gift card
3rd prize: $10 Bedford’s gift card
Entry Locations:
Bedford Camera, Fayetteville,
Rogers
Collier’s Drug, Fayetteville
Entry Deadline: September 25
This event is made possible by our
Corporate Sponsors:
Bedford Cameras
Bordino's Restaurant
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Northwest
Arkansas Audubon Society
2009
Photography Contest Rules
Amateurs only
The contest is open only
to amateur photographers. An entry may not previously have won an award in any
photography contest.
Entry requirements
You may enter a maximum
of ten photographs.
Minimum size: 8'' × 10''
Maximum size: 11'' ×
14''
Categories
Each photograph may be
entered in only one of three categories. You specify the category of each photograph on the entry form. The three categories are:
1) Birds, 2) General
Scenic, 3) General Nature
Entry locations
Bedford Camera, 1320
W. Walnut, Rogers; 3277 N. College, Fayetteville,
or
Collier Drug Store,
100 W. Dickson, Fayetteville
Entry Fee
$5 for each
photograph entered. A separate fee and entry form must accompany each photo
(place in envelope and submit with photo). Please write your name on the back
of each photo in case the form and photo get separated.
Cash or check is accepted.
Make check to:
Northwest Arkansas
Audubon Society
Damage
While all possible
effort will be made to avoid loss or damage, Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society (NWAAS), entry locations, judges or display
locations may not be held responsible for loss or damage to any submitted photograph.
Selection
of winners
A panel of outdoor
and nature photographers selected by NWAAS will judge the entries.
Best of Show will be
the entry judged best among all entries. The remaining entries will be divided
into the three categories and the entries in each category will be ranked.
Announcement
of winners
Winning photographs will
be on display at the Shiloh Museum in Springdale on October 10 from 1pm – 4pm.
There will also be a presentation from Lynn Sciumbato of Morning Star Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and a question
and answer session about birds by “The Bird Guys”, Dr. Doug James and Joe Neal, authors of Arkansas Birds. The event is open to the public.
Winning
photographs
Winners agree that their
entries may be published as winning photographs in this contest. Winning photographs
may be picked up at 4 pm on October 10 at the Shiloh Museum. Any photos not picked
up will be returned to the entry location where they were submitted.
Non-winning
photographs
Non-winning photographs
will be returned to the entry location where they were submitted.
Northwest
Arkansas Audubon Society
The NWAAS is a registered
non-profit organization serving the four-county region of northwest Arkansas, and is committed to preserving the natural world
in northwest Arkansas through education, environmental study and habitat protection, and to promote awareness and enjoyment
of local and regional natural areas. For more information or to join, visit:
http://www.nwarkaudubon.org/
